hey guys i wonder if anyone know a freeware/shareware software to lock folders ? If possible one witch can lock a diffrent folder using diffrent password, to a specific user only can access to his own folder, using his own password . Can you help me out guys ???

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What operating system are we talking about?

You can lock anyone out except a Super User (Administrator), if you need to lock them out then I guess you would need tools to do this.

On Linux, to lock a User out (using root), "chown User:User" where User is the User you'd like to have complete rights to it, then "chmod 700 directory" and now only that user or a Super User can access it.

Under Windows it's more complicated, most often every user is an Administrator, though you can lock them out, they can still add themselves to the directory and view it. I'll let someone else answer this side of things, since they might be able to suggest some tools you can use or configure it properly.


Cheers,


MC

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You can try hiding the specified folder. Look under the tutorial section ... there are atleast 2 tutorials on how to hide it in Windows.

If you're using Linux, then do as MasterComputers has said above.

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I know there is software to basically encrypt a folder and it decrypts the contents when you input the password which sounds like what you want. Unfortunately I don't remember the name and believe the one I saw wasn't free regardless, although I'd be willing to bet there is some freeware that lets you password lock individual folders/files

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When i want to find these types of programs i always go to majorgeeks.com as my first resource. Past the years they have never failed me into providing a good mirror or finding some simple tool program. I'm not sure if its at majorgeeks.com at all now because i can't check at the moment. But you might want to try it and see. When i want to lock a folder, i dig deep into my c drive, save it there, and hide it. It's the only other way i can think of.

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I personally use Hide Folders XP to hide and lock my folders. It's not freeware, though — it's shareware with a 30-day trial. But it's a nice little program, with three methods of protecting your folder: (1) Hide & Lock, where the folder is not visible and not accessible to other users, (2) Hide, where the folder is accessible but not visible to other users, and (3) Lock, where the folder is visible but not accessible to other users. One feature of the program that I particularly like is that Hide Folders XP is capable of true stealth mode, ie. it can't be detected via the Task Manager nor can it be seen in the Add/Remove Programs list. =^^=

But enough about that. Here are some lists of the other folder security programs around:

• Shareware List
• Freeware List

Enjoy! =^^=

 

 

 

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Well if you just want to hide a folder you can do that by selecting hidden in the properties, no need for software to help with that But for locking folders you'll need some extra juice

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The problem with hiding a folder by setting properties to "hidden" is that any ordinary 13-year old can easily bypass that. I should know, it's happened to me several times. Hiding the folder deep in the directory didn't work either, even when I renamed the folder. Beats me how the kid found it so quickly. =^^=

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I protect MS Word documents by adding a password. You can find that in the "Security" menu when you go to the options.

For other files, I just use a zipping utility that offers password protection. WinZip works just fine. But there are free alternatives.

The only problem is that, if you forget your password, you have to either re-create the file from scratch or buy a password-force utility to try and crack your password for you. (Either option stinks, of course.)

The password option won't HIDE your files - anybody who uses the computer can obviously still see them - but it does make them more difficult to access. Unless another user has a password-force utility, or can guess your password, you've got a bit of security.

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How about PGP? There's a free version, and it's as good as they come. Forget about recovering your passsword though, if you forget it, that's the end. The new free versions encrypt single files, but if you go for the older i think version 6, you get PGPdisk for free as well. basically it's a file that you create to whatever size you like, say 2 GB, and then when you put you password in it mounts the file as a drive on your computer, and you can have all your personal files in that one folder.

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